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Anacortes council waives second reading for raptor exemption, approves STAR Center funding and Station 1 remodel

Anacortes City Council · March 10, 2026
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Summary

Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 5025 to allow licensed falconers and state-authorized institutions exemptions from the city's dangerous wild animal prohibition, approved a $250,000 interlocal agreement with Skagit County to support the STAR Center using opioid-settlement funds, and awarded a $260,704 contract for the Station 1 remodel.

On March 9 the Anacortes City Council took a group of formal actions that included adopting an animal-control code update, approving county collaboration on a behavioral-health center and awarding a capital contract.

Ordinance 5025: Council voted 7-0 to amend AMC Chapter 6.16 to add an exemption for institutions authorized by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to possess potentially dangerous wild animals. Staff said the change would allow licensed falconers and…

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